Manuscript Submission

Name(s) & affiliation of the author(s), contact and email addresses, & short biographical note should be stated.

Manuscript Length

Articles (6000-8000 words).

Book reviews (1000-2000 words).

Research notes (4000-5000 words).

Conference reports (1500-2500 words).

Communications (<1000 words).

Think pieces/commentaries (4000-5000 words).

Abstract

For Articles & Research Notes only

Abstract: 200 words & five key words.

Articles in Malay must have abstracts in both Malay and English.

Ethics

Sources for data, ideas, quotes, etc. must be made transparent and properly cited.

Acknowledge source of funding (if any).

No plagiarism.

Format and House Style

Chicago Manual of Style with minor modifications.

All illustrations, such as tables, figures, charts and graphs, should be serially numbered and appropriately labelled, and provided on separate pages from the text. Please indicate clearly in the text where the illustrations should appear.

Use author-date system for references by denoting the name(s) of author(s) with the year of publication in parenthesis in the text and the list of references provided at the end of the paper. See examples: